exaggerated

[ig-zaj-uh-rey-tid]

adjective

1. unduly or unrealistically magnified.

   to have an exaggerated opinion of oneself.

2. abnormally increased or enlarged.

Other Word Forms

• exaggeratedly adverb
• nonexaggerated adjective
• nonexaggeratedly adverb
• self-exaggerated adjective
• unexaggerated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of exaggerated¹

First recorded in 1545–55; exaggerate + -ed ²

Example Sentences

The reasoning here is that AI will work; it just might not deliver the exaggerated profits baked into the market’s biggest stocks.

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Social Security’s financial security does continue to be a matter of fierce debate and political wrangling; its demise may or may not be exaggerated.

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There is an illuminating chapter on the misleading and exaggerated claims about protein.

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He starred as Manchester music mogul Tony Wilson in Michael Winterbottom's 2002 film 24 Hour Party People, and then alongside friend and fellow comic Rob Brydon as exaggerated versions of themselves in The Trip.

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“Rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated,” says the text over the photo, referencing a famous and famously misquoted line from the American literary icon.

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Related Words

• abstract 
• distorted 
• excessive 
• extravagant 
• fabricated 
• false 
• farfetched www.thesaurus.com
• hyperbolic 
• inflated 
• magnified www.thesaurus.com
• melodramatic 
• overblown 
• overwrought 
• preposterous 
• pretentious 
• stylized www.thesaurus.com
• unrealistic